Grayson Perry (b. 1960)
拍品 69

Grayson Perry (b. 1960)

Britain is Best

已结束2018年9月20日

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GBP 40,000

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Grayson Perry (b. 1960)
Britain is Best
embroidery, glass beads and sequins on linen, in artist's frame
embroidery: 46½ x 38¾in. (118.1 x 98.4cm.)
overall: 49½ x 42½in. (125.7 x 108cm.)
Executed in 2014, this work is number four from an edition of twenty

Galerie Maximillian, Aspen.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2016.

专家说明

'These are five loyalists from East Belfast. Four of them participated in a march I witnessed commemorating the centenary of the founding of the Ulster Volunteer Force and I was fascinated by how exotic it felt. Ironically, being fervently patriotic is not a particularly British trait. Their portrait is in the form of an embroidered banner that might be carried aloft on a march. I deliberately chose a very colourful and jolly style as the murals that are everywhere in East Belfast veer heavily towards the dour and aggressive.'
Grayson Perry